I know this an old post. I just wanted to point out that #2 and #4 show the most wing development. I am not sure as to what consistitues enough wing development to determine a female.
My smooth black bantam Cochin Hen and frizzled black bantam Cochin Rooster results in numerous black chicks with a white dot on their heads. Is it possible that one or both carry the cuckoo gene? How would the cuckoo gene be masked? I thought the cuckoo striping is dominant. Why is there a white...
I used baking soda and cake mix for rats before on hungry rats. I didn't see any blood on the mouths of the rats that turned up dead, so it could be that they didn't explode. I also rely on cats and opossums to clear out mice. Plaster of Paris is recommended as an alternative rat poison. The...
Try the following: 1) Mix baking soda with cornmeal or cake mix (50/50). Place in containers that will keep the contents dry (and out of reach of the chickens). Rats can’t fart and burp like other mammals, resulting in rats that explode from the inside. Predators won”t be poisoned when they eat...
Used 1 tbsp of water with one pill in a bottle. Give 20 drops of the solution to the infected bird. Repeat every 12 hours until symptoms subside.
Most chickens don't like the taste of the pure form. Try 50% St. Johns Wort and 50% water in another bottle. Ten drops of pure St. Johns Wort should...
Peep is still very active. She feels like a led weight when compared to her sister. Also, she spends quite a bit of time in her nesting box. The photos don't show it, but her waddles and comb are bright red.
A blue laced 2-year Bantam Cochin laid 2 fairy eggs before she stopped laying about 4 months ago to molt. Her sister never laid fairy eggs but stopped laying eggs 1 week after. Her sister started laying eggs about 1-month ago. Both regrew their feathers, display red waddles/combs, and sit...
I think it is an issue when the males are flightless. I noticed my Alpha red Smooth Satin (mixed with partridge Cochin and black silkie) can jump a little higher than my frizzled silkie and frizzled Cochin roosters. Even he will only peck the Cochins on the head to show dominance. He really...
The red Satin has been with 2 of his hens for 1 year and 2 other hens for 2 months. The two 9-month old bantam Cochins I integrated 3-months ago. He has been with his sister and another Silkie for 2 years. It could be that a total of 8 hens may be a bit much for him. He breeds with all 4 Silkies...
I have bantams that weigh 1.5-3.5 lbs. All sick hens received the same dosage every 12 hours until they ceased to show symptoms. I used the syringes (1cc=1ml) I received from my avian vet. The vet assistant told me to use 1 cc or 2 cc if mixed 50/50 with syrup. I found that 1 cc cleared their...
Is enro working? I would only switch if you are not experiencing success. I keep a large bottle of it for respiratory issues during changing weather. Many breeders give it to their chickens before a show as a preventantive. Not the intended use, but it is how I found out.
My avian vet always defaults to crop issues. I will mix papaya. olive oil, and metamucil in their yogurt when I am not using the medication prescibed by the vet. What does her poop look like?